Facial wear

ABSTRACT

A device for applying to the face, and specifically under, or beside, the eyes, has a suitable contoured area for holding a pad (e.g. moistened with astringent liquid) against the facial region and attachment means to keep the contoured area in place. It usually extends over the nose and beneath both eyes, and can be resiliently biassed to improve its grip.

United States Patent 1191. Tupper I 4] FACIAL WEAR [75] Inventor: EarlSilas Tupper, Panama City,

' 1 Panama 1 [73] Assignee: Tup! (Panama) S.A. Via Espana,

Panama City, Panama 1 22 Filed: 1911.23, 1973 [21] Appl. No; 326,079

{30] Foreign Application Priority Data Jan. 28, [972 Great Britain4025/72 [52] US. Cl 128/76 B [51] Int. Cl. A6lf 5/08 [58] Field ofSearch 128/76, 163, 380, 403, v 1 128/410 [5 6]. 4 References CitedUNITED STATES PATENTS 1,642,661 9/1927 Robinson 128/163 2,543,104 2/1951Golding.; ..128/163 Apr. 16, 1974 3,354,884 11/1967 Rudo 128/163'X869,741 10/1907 Seitzman. 1'28/163 ux 1,550,595 8/1925 Taylor.'. 128/762,504,791 4/1950 Baron 1 128/76 3,339,206 9/1'9'67 Daley 128/163 FOREIGNPATENTS OR APPLICATIONS 7 490,842 6/1928 Germany l28/l63 Italy 128/76Primary ExaminerRichard,A. Gaudet Assistant Examiner-J. Yasko Attorney,Agent, or Firm- -Richard Wiener [57] ABSTRACT A device for applying.tothe face, and specifically under, or beside, the eyes, has a suitablecontoured area for holding a pad (e.g. moistened with astringent liquid)against the facial region and attachment means to keep the contouredarea in place. It usually extends over the nose and beneath both eyes,and can be resiliently biassed to improve its grip.

1 Claim, 7 Drawing Figures PATENTED 16 m4 3 804' 0813 SHEET 2 [IF 2FACIAL WEAR This invention relates to devices for applying to the faceto prevent or minimise wrinkles, especially in those regions below andbeside-the eye's. I

It is a well known technique to remove facial wrinkles by plasticsurgery, for example by the operation known as a face lift. This ishowever a rather unpleasant operation to undergo, and in generalcosmetic surgical operations on the face are not popular.

It is also known .to apply to the facial region a system of taping withself-adhesive tape and astringents and other cosmetic treatments so thatsuch wrinkles are pulled flat and alleviated at least temporarily.However, this suffers from the disadvantage that such taping is askilled business and necessarily time-consuming for an expensiveoperative.

The present invention sets out to overcome these disadvantages and inone aspect consists in a device for applying to the face consisting of:

i. an area contoured to fit the facial region beneath at least one eyeand having at least a laterally outer portion thereof dimensioned andshaped on an inner face as to retain a facial treatment pad and ii.attachment means for holding the device with said area over the facialregion in order to maintain said pad in contact with said facial region.

The pad is usually moistur'e reten'tive.

Preferably the contoured area is shaped to pass over the nose and fitthe facial regions below both eyes, e.g. so that two pads canbe held. Itcan possibly be upwardly extendingat each laterally outer portion so asto cover and hold the suitably shaped pad over" the region at the outerends of the eyes (that is to say the regions in which crows-feetdevelop).

This contoured region can be provided on the inner surface at suitablelocations on its inner surface with an upstanding wall to define thelocation of the pad, which can for example-be a pad of surgical gauze orabsorbent paper.

The attachment means for holding the device in proximity to the desiredfacial region are normally side pieces which pass over the ears in thesame way as a spectacle temple piece. That is to say, they can eitherfit behind the ears with a terminal ear piece or can be so flexed as togrip the sides of the head as is conventionally known in certain designsof spectacles. Alternatively the attachment means can be a-temple-p'iecein which hair-engaging teeth are provided at the ends.

In either of the above instances the temple piece or ment of this hastwo vertically upstanding arms terminated by clips and hangs over thetop of a lens frame with the contoured area held behind the lens at thebottom edge thereof. I

The. contoured area and/or the temple. pieces (or like attachment means)can either be of a utilitarian nature especially where the device isdimensioned and shaped as to form a private cosmetic article, forexample for overnight use, or be suitably ornamented where the device isdesigned to'be worn in the daytime.

The invention will be further described with reference to theaccompanying drawings in which:

FIG. 1 shows a general front view of one embodiment of the invention; I

FIG. 2 shows a general side view of another embodiment of the invention;I I

FIG. 3 shows a general view of the back of the contoured area shown inFIG. 2;

FIG. 4 is a general view of a further embodiment of the invention;

FIG. 5 is a general view of a further embodiment of the invention; I I

FIG. 6 is a diagrammatic view from the top of'a device according to theinvention;

FIG. 7 shows a perspective view of a further embodiment of theinvention.

FIG. I shows a contoured area 1 shapedto pass over the nose and fit overthe facialregions beneath. both eyes. This area I is shaped on the innersurface where shown by the dotted lines 2, to hold a moistureretentivepad. The contoured area 1 is attached by hinges to side pieces 3whichfit over the'wearer's eye as in a pair of spectacles.

FIG. 2 shows a generally similar device having a contoured area 4internal area 5 for receiving the pad and 7 bridge portion extending todifferent distances along like support can either be conventional inthat it passes the temple itself, or can be so shaped as below thecheek-bones.

The attachment means can be fitted t0 the contoured area by conventionalhinges as used in the manufacture of spectacles, orcan be flexiblyhinged as an integral piece or synthetic plastic material-In certaininstances it may be possible to provide the contoured area, or the wholecombination of contoured area and attachrnent means with a suitableresilient bias whereby it grips closely to the facial region when in useby virtue of an inherent stress in the material of manufacture, whichcan be metal but is preferably. a-sy nthetic polymeric material(usuallythermoplastic).

A further alternative type of attachment means is a clip which clipsonto a spectacle frame. One emboditO pass over Ol' the bridge of thenose.

As shown in FIG. 3 the area 5 (see FIG. 2) is defined by an upstandingoval wall 7. On the lefthand side of FIG. 3 the wall 7 is shown withouta moisture-retentive pad. On the righhand side of 'FIG. 3 the wall 7 isshown as enclosing and locating the moisture-retentive pad 8.

In FIG. 4 the contoured area 9 again fits over the nose but isprovidedwith an integral upwardly extending portion 10. The internal location 11shown in dotted lines for the moisture-retentive pads will hold the padnot only in contact with the region beneath the eyes but also over the,area to the side of the eyes where crows-feet can develop. I

FIG. 5 shows a contoured area 12 passing over the nose at a broad bridgeportion 13 ornamented at 14. There is an integral upwardly extendingportion l5 and the pad again contactsthe crow-feet region beside theeyes. The device is completed by side pieces 16 which, since thisornamented form of the device is more suitable for women may beterminated with hairengaging. teeth, as described in our application4015/72.

In FIG. 6 a top view of the device in use is shown diagrammatically bythe line 17, with hinge locations 18. The folded position of the deviceis as shown diagram matically by the dotted line 19. In themanufactureof the device a material may be chosen of flexibility suchthat the two wings of the contoured area connected by 3 4 the bridgepiece can be resiliently opened out whereby prising in use the contouredarea is pressed against the face by a. an area contoured to fit thefacial region beneath the inherent resilience of the material. an eye; I

FIG. 7 shows a contoured area 20 provided with an I b. a facialtreatment pad; I g Y i r I upstanding wall 21 forjreceiving and locatinga- 'gauze c. an upstanding wall onthe inner surface ofthe 'c'onpad. Thiscontoured area is integral with straps 22 tertoured area to surround,locate and hold said facial minating in clips 23. .Thus the device canbe clipped treatment pad; over the top of the lens frame 24 of a pair ofspectacles d. two vertical arms extending from the controlled hinged at25 to a temple piece 26. Since the contoured area; and 7 area fitsbehind the spectacle lens frame shown in dot- 10, e. a clip at the endof each arm, whereby the device ted lines 27 it will be pressed againstthe region beneath may be hung over a spectacle lens frame with the theeyes and hold the moisture-retentive pad against contoured area heldbehind the frame atthe botthe skin. tom edge thereof and the facialtreatment pad in I claim: v contact 'with the face.

1. A device adapted to be applied to the face, com-

1. A device adapted to be applied to the face, comprising a. an areacontoured to fit the facial region beneath an eye; b. a facial treatmentpad; c. an upstanding wall on the inner surface of the contoured area tosurround, locate and hold said facial treatment pad; d. two verticalarms extending from the controlled area; and e. a clip at the end ofeach arm, whereby the device may be hung over a spectacle lens framewith the contoured area held behind the frame at the bottom edge thereofand the facial treatment pad in contact with the face.